THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT OF 1793 IN 1793 THE US CONGRESS PASSED THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT THAT PLACED THE AUTHORITY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BEHIND THE RECOVERY OF SLAVES BY MASTERS. THE LAW MADE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR SLAVES TO ESCAPE BONDAGE BY ALLOWING MASTERS TO FOLLOW SLAVES TO THE...
A MOMENT IN BLACK HISTORY RUNAWAYS SINCE THE ARRIVAL OF AFRICANS TO BRITISH NORTH AMERICA, ENSLAVED MEN AND WOMEN HAVE ATTEMPTED TO ESCAPE BONDAGE BY RUNNING AWAY. IN THE 17TH CENTURY BLACK AND WHITE INDENTURED SERVANTS OFTEN TRIED TO ESCAPE TOGETHER. IF CAUGHT THEY WERE OFTEN SENTENCED TO LIFETIME SERVITUDE...
FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM REBELLIONS IN NORTH AMERICA HAD ALMOST NO CHANCE FOR SUCCESS. SLAVES FACED NUMBERS OF SUPERIOR WHITE POPULATION IN ALL OF THE SOUTHERN STATES. THEY WERE OUTNUMBERED AND POORLY ARMED, WITH ONLY STICKS AND KNIVES, SINCE SLAVES WERE PROHIBITED FROM BEARING ARMS, SINCE THE 17TH CENTURY. IN...
Answer: We are all prone to disappointment and feelings of rejection, and that is especially true in the aftermath of a broken relationship. However, as born-again believers we have a resource in God’s Word that can bring comfort and clarity to the situation. One person’s rejection does not mean we...
SLAVE TRADE IN 1807, LORD GRENVILLE’S BILL TO ABOLISH THE SLAVE TRADE PASSED THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AND WAS APPROVED BY THE BRITISH CROWN. THAT SAME YEAR, THE U.S. RESPONDED TO PRESIDENT JEFFERSON’S DECEMBER 1806 ANNUAL MESSAGE AGAINST THE “VIOLATION” OF THE SLAVE TRADE BY...
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE-ORIGINAL WORDING THE ANTI SLAVE TRADE SENTIMENT INFLUENCED THOMAS JEFFERSON’S FIRST DRAFT OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, IN WHICH HE INDICTED THE KING OF ENGLAND, GEORGE III, FOR PROMOTING THE SLAVE TRADE ON THE COLONISTS. “THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE CLAIMED THAT, KING GEORGE III WAGED CRUEL WAR AGAINST...
THE DAILY LIFE OF ENSLAVED AFRICANS IN NORTH AMERICA VARIED ACCORDING TO WHAT REGION THEY LIVED IN AND WHAT TYPE OF CROP THEY CULTIVATED. THE MOST COMMON SYSTEM THE “GANG LABOR” METHOD FOUND IN REGIONS GROWING TOBACCO AND COTTON. UNDER THIS SYSTEM, AFRICANS WORKED THE ENTIRE DAY IN GROUPS CONTROLLED...
SHIPS CAPTAINS MURDERED AFRICANS IN CARGO, MANY AFRICANS JUMPED OVERBOARD TO THEIR DEATHS. MANY AFRICANS ROSE UP AND MUTINIED ON BOARD TO TRY TO TAKE OVER THE SHIP. SOMETIMES SLAVE REBELLIONS WERE SUCCESSFUL AT SEA DESPITE OVERWHELMING ODDS. MANY AFRICANS FEARED THEY WOULD BE EATEN BY THE EUROPEANS. TRADERS EXPLOITED...
SLAVE TRADE MANY AFRICANS DIED IN TRANSIT DUE TO VOYAGE LENGTH, MANY DIED BEFORE LEAVING AFRICA, WAITING IN PORT, AND PACKING ON THE SHIPS. PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA CAUSED THE DEATH OF MANY AFRICANS ON THE MIDDLE PASSAGE. UPROOTED FROM THEIR HOMELANDS, SEPARATED FROM THEIR FAMILIES, SOLD TO EUROPEANS WHO SHACKLED AND...
AFRICANS SOLD AFRICANS FOR FIREARMS AND FOR POLITICAL NECESSITY. SOME AFRICANS NATIONS HAD TO ENGAGE IN THE SLAVE TRADE TO ACQUIRE WEAPONS TO DEFEND THEMSELVES AGAINST OTHER NATIONS WHO MIGHT ATTACK AND MAKE THEM SLAVES. AFRICANS WERE MANY PEOPLES EACH WITH THEIR OWN HISTORY AND RIVALRIES. EUROPEANS SEEKING MORE SLAVES...